Combination vegetable grater



March 12, 1935. G POTS-[ADA 1,994,148

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` U S TAT'EJS IPA-T ,2.0 f l' 1,994,148 l H- `ooimelNATron vEGETnBLE enteran George Potstada,.;()a`k`larnd, :.Calif. Appiioetion Mey 24, 1933, serial No. 672,582

4 claims. (c1. 14s- 152) This invention relates to an improvement in at right angles t the angle frame and iS made eombmetion vegetable grater, the main object of Sheet metal. The lower portion of the angle 0f Which iS t0 provide means for moving the frame 2 is preferably covered with sheet metal vegetable grater instead of the vegetable, and as shown at 4. 5 providing for holding the vegetable, and thus To receive the groter frame 5 a glldeway 6 iS 5 preventing injury to the operator. provided, and fixed to the angle frame 2, and for Another object of the invention is to provide a top guide for the grater frame the Wire is a stand on which is a v shaped table adapted looped over as shown at 7 to receive the top of to hold the vegetables as they are pushed against the frame.

10 the horizontal sliding grater which is recipro- The grater frame consists of a sheet metallo Gated by hand, and to provide guides for the portioninwhich are stamped the various shredgrater frame. ding means, in this instance a slicing blade 9 is Another object is to provide a grater having an shown, but the grater forms no part of my inveninclined trough for holding vegetables and protion except as used in my holding device.

vided with a guided grater at the bottom of the A set of several graters should be available for 15A trough whereby the pressure required to feed the each holder.

vegetable to the grater will exert a force down- The base frame 1 has the forwarding projected Ward on the frame which will tend to hold it in members 10 and 11 which are adapted to slip into place in a pan or where used. loops 12, and these loops are xed to the bottom A furtherobject is to provide means for holding of a pan 13 for receiving the shredded vegetables. 20 a slidable grater consisting of various cutting or The wire frame 1 is strengthened by the sheet shredding surfaces which still remain toward strips 14 and 15. A hole 16 allows for hanging the table adjacent the vegetable for either right the frame on a nail when removed from the pan. or left handed use. In operation the vegetables are placed in the A still further object is that the frame is ex- V-shaped trough, and a desired formvof grater is 25 tended to the lower part in an acute angle to inserted in the guides and reciprocated so that form a base, and this frame can be slid into loop the cutting face will engage the vegetables, and brackets which are permanently secured to a pan, the grater may be used right or left handed and and into which the cut vegetables may drop. still face the vegetables.

An embodiment of the invention is shown in From the above description it will be seen that 30 the accompanying drawing in which the same a simple and effective device for the purpose has reference numeral is applied to the same portion been evolved. throughout the several views and of which there Having thus described my invention what I may be modications. desire `to secure by Letters Patent of the United Figure 1 is a top view of the combination vege- States is as follows but modifications may be had 35 table grater in accordance with my invention, in carrying out the invention as shown in the some parts being broken away. drawing and in the particularly described form Figure 2 is a side view of the invention showing Athereof within the'purview of the annexed claims.

. on one side the V-shaped tableor trough, and the I claim:

40 other Side an upper and 10We1 guide, the Upright 1. A vegetable grater of the class described, 40 frame being inclined toward the lower base frame comprising a pan, loops in the bottom of said and secured to a pan. pan, a horizontal base frame having prongs FigureB isafront view of my invention showing adapted to engage said loops to secure said base the upper loop and the lower gutter, the inclined to the pan, an upright frame set at an angle to V-shaped table and the slidable frame having a said base, a V-shaped trough fixed to the frame 45 slicing blade. and extending upward from the upper side of Figure 4 is a perspective View of my invention said frame and ush with the frame on the lower showing the wire bent to form the base which may side, guides on the lower side of said frame adaptbe slipped into the bracket loop which is fastened ed to receive a horizontally to and fro slidable securely to the pan. grater having its grating surface adjacent the 50 The base 1 forms a horizontal support for the ush end of the trough whereby a vegetable angle frame 2, and both are preferably made of placed in the trough may be grated, and the gratwire to form as shown, and mounted on the angle ings fall into the pan. frame is a V-shaped trough for holding the vege- 2. A vegetable grater of the class described tables to be sliced or grated, the trough is set comprising a horizontal base including forwardly 55 projecting prongs, a frarne xed to said base at an angle thereto, a trough xed at right angles to said frame, a horizontal guide above and below the end of said trough on said frame, a grater frame adapted to slide in said guides across the end of said trough, a cutting surface in said grater frame whereby a vegetable placed in said trough may be grated.

3. A Vegetable grater of the class described comprising a pan, spaced loops xed'in the bottom of saidpan, a base frame adaptedv to set in said pan, forwardly projecting prongs on said base frame adapted to engage said loops to secure the frame to said pan, an inclined frame fixed to said base frame, a trough fixed to the inclined frame and extending from the upper side ofsaid inclined frame and ush with the frame on the lower side, guides on the lower side of said im clined frame adapted to receive a slidable grater having its grating surface adjacent the rush end of the trough whereby a vegetable placed in said trough may be pressed against the trough andv in contact with the surface of the grater.

4. A vegetable grater of the class described comprising a horizontal base, a frame fixed to said base at an angle thereto, a trough fixed at right'angles to said frameyahorizontal guide above and below the endiosaid trough-on said frame, a grater frame adapted to slide in saidv guides across the end of said trough, a cutting GEORGE Po'rs'rADA. 

